Articles in Category: Events

Alpha is a tool for evangelisation that is being used by thousands of Catholic parishes around the world to introduce people to the first proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ, otherwise known as the Kerygma: “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you, and now he is...

Pope Francis has described family as “the fundamental cell of society, where we learn to live with others despite our differences and to belong to one another; it is also the place where parents pass on the faith to their children.” (EG, 66). In his recent encyclical Laudato...

It was an historic day yesterday for the Catholic Church in Australia and a great testimony to the faith and community spirit of the Macarthur as over 600 people gathered to sing, pray and celebrate their Christian faith at St Mary MacKillop Catholic Parish’s first Sunday Mass at Oran...

On 28 March 2015, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church Varroville are celebrating St Teresa's Fifth Centenary through a range of events on this day of her birth. The celebrations begin with a Mass at 10.00 with Bishop Peter Ingham, followed by a sausage sizzle lunch at 12.00 pm....

Looking for something exciting to do over Easter in the Diocese? How about taking part in a youth pilgrimage with 1,000 other young Catholics. Light to the Nations 2015 offers you the chance to camp under the stars and celebrate the Easter liturgies with contemporary music, prayer, incredible...

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been engaged in its work for almost two years now and Bishop Peter Ingham has invited Mr Francis Sullivan, the Chief Executive Officer of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council (TJHC) to visit the Diocese again.

For over 20 years the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) has been running an annual National Child Protection Week campaign developing multimedia, visual and text resources to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of primary prevention...